Well I got some nice feedback on my piece a few days ago about how I could effectively make an enormous television camera disappear, so I thought I’d follow up on the subject a bit. In English there are some technical terms for all of this. Specifically “not seeing” an enormous television camera is inattentional blindness. As Wikipedia pithily puts it: Our attention cannot be … Continue reading It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane
Wow, it sure has been while since I’ve done one of these. Let’s see what we got in ye olde mailbag. As always, names are omitted out of respect for people’s privacy. You should get your facts about ” Cronica Carcotasilor” Before you decide to write insulting and false information. Cronica Carcotasilor does not profit from poor people and as you state “filmed moments after … Continue reading Mailbag
Land’s sakes I’ve been busy lately – offline stuff – but I did manage to transcode what I shot (filmed) myself last week when I was hanging around with the ProTV crew. Below is a little snippet: As you can see, it’s just me horsing around in the courthouse with all of the other journalists as we were waiting for the Lord of Cluj to … Continue reading A Nightmare (Safely) Come True
A week ago, I was waiting to meet with the ProTV crew for the first time. Since it’s difficult to find my home address (if you’re not a long-time resident of Cluj) I told them to meet me near the CFR stadium. As I waited, I saw this elderly lady pass me and doggedly climb the hill with the use of her walking sticks. I’ve … Continue reading Poza Zilei: Perseverance
Dang, I really do have a ton of stuff to do but I got an email message which neatly dovetailed into a lot of things I’ve been thinking about lately and so I said (to myself) okay let’s go ahead and write about it. Last week, as you all know, I was being followed around by a camera crew. At one point on Thursday, the … Continue reading Parallel Play
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